Sabrina C
Do you think cheerleading is a sport i think it is
wat do u guys think?
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Competitive cheerleading is a sport. Not only because you're working for a trophy and going against other teams, but because competitive cheerleading looks for a lot more from their cheerleaders. Our jumps have to be perfect, our voices loud, our smiles shining, our tumbling flawless, our stunts without so much as a wobble. There's a lot more training and hard work going into competitive cheerleading and I have first-hand experience of that. School cheerleading is less of a sport but depending on how hard your coach is on you, it could be one. I've found that school teams are more laid back unless they compete. They let a few sucky jumps slip by and maybe a frown or a 'ugh that hurt!' on the floor. Also, I think it all depends on what your definition of a sport is. If you think a sport is anything that is giving you a work out and making you sweat, then there is no doubt that cheerleading is a sport. However, if you think a sport is competing against other teams and winning a trophy or working for one, than only competitive cheerleading is a sport. In my personal opinion, both types of cheering are sports, it's just that competitive cheerleading is more of one. ;p
Competitive cheerleading is a sport. Not only because you're working for a trophy and going against other teams, but because competitive cheerleading looks for a lot more from their cheerleaders. Our jumps have to be perfect, our voices loud, our smiles shining, our tumbling flawless, our stunts without so much as a wobble. There's a lot more training and hard work going into competitive cheerleading and I have first-hand experience of that. School cheerleading is less of a sport but depending on how hard your coach is on you, it could be one. I've found that school teams are more laid back unless they compete. They let a few sucky jumps slip by and maybe a frown or a 'ugh that hurt!' on the floor. Also, I think it all depends on what your definition of a sport is. If you think a sport is anything that is giving you a work out and making you sweat, then there is no doubt that cheerleading is a sport. However, if you think a sport is competing against other teams and winning a trophy or working for one, than only competitive cheerleading is a sport. In my personal opinion, both types of cheering are sports, it's just that competitive cheerleading is more of one. ;p
who thinks cheerleading is a sport?
Kate
k so i do cheerleading and i get all the time that people think its not a sport so let me know what you think!
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Collegiate cheerleading is hardest sport EVER. I should know because I compete in it.
I'm going to be completely honest with you and everything I am about to say is no lie. It's the harderst sport that you could ever participate in. I should know, because I belong to one of the most respected cheerleading squads in the nation. Take a look at this video, first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbo2HbME_Z4
That is a video of my team. Now, does that look easy? No, it is most definitely not. Cheerleading is really hard because you have to have the skills of a gymnast, the muscles of any athlete, the endurance of a runner, the flexibility of a contortionist and the drive of a 4X4 Jeep.
Doing a round off, back handspring arabian, through to a full is not easy and took me well over a year to get down. Once I thought I had the tumbling down, I had to work on STUNTING and BASKET TOSSES, which are extremely dangerous! Partner stunting is probably the hardest because you have to stay stiff, keep your balance AND hold up your own weight. A lot of people think the guy is doing the most work when he is NOT. When doing a simple backhandspring full-up to a heel stretch, yes this is considered simple (on my level of cheer), you have to line up with the guy, make sure you're stiff enough so that you can make it around int he rotation and work on that flexibility to nail the heel stretch!
Basket Tosses are the fun, yet still hard part about cheerleading. Doing double fulls int he air are really scary but fun once you get them, because you never know if your team mates are going to cath you or not, but thanks to the skill, you should have nothing to worry about. I remember when my coach asked me if I was up for learning a pike open full. REALLY HARD MOVE TO DO.
You know how long it took me to get that down? THREE WHOLE MONTHS, and I STILL sometimes don't get the full rotation down; cheerleading IS hard and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to come to my gym for a couple of days.
Yeah, gymnasts are flipping on a beam but what about us, huh? We're doing rewinds into ONE HAND, which is thinner than a beam. We're up WAY higher than any gymnast will ever get.
Pyramids are not easy, either! Ugh, it's just too much to type for me to explain. If you're in it, you know it's hard, if you don't, you have to SEE or at least try to do a move that.
Collegiate cheerleading is hardest sport EVER. I should know because I compete in it.
I'm going to be completely honest with you and everything I am about to say is no lie. It's the harderst sport that you could ever participate in. I should know, because I belong to one of the most respected cheerleading squads in the nation. Take a look at this video, first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbo2HbME_Z4
That is a video of my team. Now, does that look easy? No, it is most definitely not. Cheerleading is really hard because you have to have the skills of a gymnast, the muscles of any athlete, the endurance of a runner, the flexibility of a contortionist and the drive of a 4X4 Jeep.
Doing a round off, back handspring arabian, through to a full is not easy and took me well over a year to get down. Once I thought I had the tumbling down, I had to work on STUNTING and BASKET TOSSES, which are extremely dangerous! Partner stunting is probably the hardest because you have to stay stiff, keep your balance AND hold up your own weight. A lot of people think the guy is doing the most work when he is NOT. When doing a simple backhandspring full-up to a heel stretch, yes this is considered simple (on my level of cheer), you have to line up with the guy, make sure you're stiff enough so that you can make it around int he rotation and work on that flexibility to nail the heel stretch!
Basket Tosses are the fun, yet still hard part about cheerleading. Doing double fulls int he air are really scary but fun once you get them, because you never know if your team mates are going to cath you or not, but thanks to the skill, you should have nothing to worry about. I remember when my coach asked me if I was up for learning a pike open full. REALLY HARD MOVE TO DO.
You know how long it took me to get that down? THREE WHOLE MONTHS, and I STILL sometimes don't get the full rotation down; cheerleading IS hard and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to come to my gym for a couple of days.
Yeah, gymnasts are flipping on a beam but what about us, huh? We're doing rewinds into ONE HAND, which is thinner than a beam. We're up WAY higher than any gymnast will ever get.
Pyramids are not easy, either! Ugh, it's just too much to type for me to explain. If you're in it, you know it's hard, if you don't, you have to SEE or at least try to do a move that.
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